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Subject: Re: crafty 16.3 - something broken in K and P endgames?

Author: James B. Shearer

Date: 09:30:06 02/07/99

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On February 05, 1999 at 17:58:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 05, 1999 at 00:13:59, James B. Shearer wrote:

<snip>

>>              time=120:00  cpu=99%  mat=0  n=436256725  fh=4%  nps=60589
>>              ext-> checks=49824007 recaps=1196664 pawns=18327198 1rep=14431267
>>              predicted=0  nodes=436256725  evals=82091710
>>              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0  maxd=32
>>              hashing-> trans/ref=32%  pawn=1%  used=w99% b99%
>>White(41): quit
>>execution complete.
>
>
>this says something is wrong.  pawn=1% means you are running about 1/2 the
>speed you normally should.  Check the size of hashp as it is either bogus or
>something else is broken.
>
>fh=4% is impossible.  That means that in only 4% of the nodes where the search
>fails high it fails high on the first move.  The lowest value I have ever seen
>here is 88%, and it is normally above 90%.  Is this a stock crafty, or one you
>compiled yourself?  IE it is possible that the compiler is breaking something.

       I am using wcrafty_16.3.exe downloaded from your site.  I downloaded it
again and the copies were identical.  I think hashp is ok, most positions pawn
is circa 95%.  Is crafty supposed to be completely determinstic (except for
slight timing differences) on a 1-cpu system?  I tried running the 2 hour search
again and the results were a bit different.  The moves were the same (with
similar times) but the summary block became:

 time=122:22  cpu=99%  mat=0  n=209963723  fh=89%  nps=28595
              ext-> checks=21642959 recaps=582085 pawns=10695067 1rep=7462442
              predicted=0  nodes=209963723  evals=34605063
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0  maxd=32
              hashing-> trans/ref=33%  pawn=10%  used=w99% b99%

                               James B. Shearer



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